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Scriptural Basis: Then He said to them, “Give to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and to God what is God’s. Matthew 22:21 Anderson's Applications: “A date that will live in infamy, is how President Roosevelt described December 7, 1941, Pearl Harbor Day; but many Americans seem to believe it is as »

Scriptural Basis: “And you may be sure that your sin will find you out. Numbers 32:23b Anderson's Applications: There are many people who do not believe this is true. Otherwise, why do they do what they do? So often sin is willingly entered into with the thought, “Who is going »

Scriptural Basis: “A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity. Proverbs 17:17 Anderson's Applications: “Friendship is the greatest of worldly goods. Certainly to me it is the chief happiness of life. If I had to give a piece of advice to a young man about »

Scriptural Basis: "As long as Moses held up his hands, the Israelites were winning, but whenever he lowered his hands, the Amalekites were winning. When Moses' hands grew tired, they took a stone and put it under him and he sat on it. Aaron and Hur held his hands up--one »

Scriptural Basis: "For if the dead are not raised, then Christ has not been raised either. And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins." I Corinthians 15:16-17 Anderson's Applications: This is a very good week to evaluate whether or not you »

Scriptural Basis: "Deliver us from evil." Matthew 6:13b Anderson's Applications: Suddenly turning a corner the sight before our eyes is overwhelming. Again and again, driving the Amalfi Coast of Italy, traversing the narrow, winding ribbon of highway that clings precipitously to the cliffs high above the waves, every turn presented »

Scriptural Basis: "Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil." Matthew 6:13 Anderson's Applications: A cynical teenager cornered the pastor of his church one Sunday and asked him sarcastically how much sin weighed, because the pastor had used the phrase "the weight of sin" so often in his »

Scriptural Basis: "Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil." Matthew 6:13 Anderson's Applications: Mountains attract me. They are majestic, glorious, mysterious, yet beckoning; like other parts of God's creation, they speak of His nature, majesty and power. The Psalmist said, "I lift up my eyes to the »

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Scriptural Basis: "The Lord passed before him (Moses) and proclaimed, "The Lord, the Lord, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness, keeping steadfast love for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, but who will by no means clear the guilty." »

Scriptural Basis: "Forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors." (#2) Matthew 6:12 Anderson's Applications: Recently I heard a television preacher say on the air waves that the Christian hymn "Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing" was errant in its theology. He said that the hymn writer's words, "O »

Scriptural Basis: "Forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors." Matthew 6:12 Anderson's Applications: I was nine or ten years old and it was 10 minutes to midnight on New Years Eve. At midnight sharp the fireworks would go off on the top of Pikes Peak. Unfortunately, I was »

Scriptural Basis: "Give us this day our daily bread." Matthew 6:11 Anderson's Applications: Diets that work the best unfortunately say to us, "leave off the bread!" Ugh! Though we often refer to a spartan subsistence as "having only bread and water," these are perhaps our most refreshing drink and most »